Improvement in bale-ties



w. BAILEY.

BALE-TIE.

Patented Feb .'1, 1876;

TON. D. (L

N. PUERS, PMOTO-LJTHOGRAFNRR. WASHING the same, is a clear, true, and complete de- '.bale-tie link which can be economically furbeen specially liable to breakage, except expensive tie, having great tensile strength, and one which can, after one end of the tie a UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

THOMAS BAILEY, on sun FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,947, dated February 1, 1876; application filed September 16, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS BAILEY,'0f the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Bale-Tie Links; and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings furnished and forming apart of scription thereof. I

The object of my inention is to provide a nished, which possesses great strength, and which is so formed that the metallic tie with which it is to be used can be readily bent around it and made to hold the link in a positionconvenient -to receive the opposite end of the tie when it encircles the bale. Various forms of links have heretofore been made; but, owing to the great strain thereon incident to their use, they have heretofore when composed of wrought-iron or steel, and these latter are too expensive to warrant their general use.

In the use of tie links in baling, it is desirable, when one end of the tie is'secured by being passed through the link and bent thereon, that the link will maintain a position in a line with the tie, so that the operative may readily pass the opposite end of the tie through the link, and then have both hands available for completing the final bend of the tie.

I attain, by reason of my invention, an in-- is bent thereon, be maintained in the same line as the bent portion of the tie; and my invention consists in a closed bale-tie link, composed of malleable cast-iron, having a rectangular opening, and sides which are provided with a convex web.

' Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents in side view one of my improved tielinks. Fig. 2 represents the same in lateral section. Fig. 3 represents the same in side view, with a tie bent thereon. Fig. 4 represents the link and tie as viewed from the edge, with the end of the link removed.

A denotes the sides of the'link with which the bale-tie engages. Their inner surfaces at the rectangular opening are carefully rounded, so as to aftbrd a good b'earin g for the tie and prevent the latter from being cut or cracked while strained. The upper and lower surfaces have the rounded rib, as at a, and

the edges of thetwo sides are convex and formed into a web, as at b, which extends fromend to end of the link, at the center much wider than at either end. By means of I the thin web the sides are rendered of the requisite strength withoutincurring excessive weight of metal. These links are cast by the usual processes, and then rendered malleable -.tie at, the bend, causes the link to be rigidly held in a line with the tie, and in a convenient position to receive the opposite end of the tie when ready for insertion. I I

Bale ties constructed in accordance with my invention have been thoroughly tested, and the noveI featuresthereof have proved to possess great practical value.

I am aware that an open bale-tie link has heretofore been made of rolled wrought-iron, and provided with a straight web on its sides. Such links are expensive, and, being open, and thereby weakened, are necessarily of considerable bulk and weight.

My improvement in links involves not only great economy in their manufacture, so far as labor .is concerned, (when. compared with wrought-metal links,) but also in the lessened weight of metal required, on account of their being closed links, -and for this latter reason they. are very strong, and I find, in practice, I

that they are readily manipulated in baling. Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new 1 Aclosed bale-tie link, composed of malleable cast-iron, and provided with arectangw lar opening, and with rounded ribs and convex webs at its sides, substantially as described.

THOMAS BAILEY.

Witnesses:

E. V. JoroE, E. G. RoDoLPH. 

